South African Coleopterous Fauna. 269 



STRONGYLIUM L.ETUM, n. sp. 



Purple, with the legs cyaneous, the six last joints of the antennae 

 have a distinct metallic sheen ; eyes very broadly separated, head 

 deeply and closely punctured with the intervals smooth ; antennae 

 reaching the base of the prothorax, joints 5 and 6 elongated, triangular, 

 the following ones broader, slightly shorter, sub-transverse, last 

 one not longer than the penultimate, rounded at the tip ; pro- 

 thorax transverse, one-fourth wider than long, not carinate laterally, 

 slightly sinuate there above the basal part, anterior angles rounded, 

 posterior sharp, convex on the sides only, not on the median part, 

 .and covered with deep, irregular, somewhat broad punctures sepa- 

 rated by slightly raised intervals which are more raised and more 

 irregular in the central part of the disk ; scutellum impunctate ; 

 elytra sub-parallel, highly costate from the base to past the median 

 part with the intervals filled with deep and broad foveae the walls 

 of which unite the costae transversely, thus forming a regular 

 reticulation, in the posterior part the costae become plane, and 

 the striae are finely and regularly punctate. This species is easily 

 distinguished by the great depth of the fossae in the anterior half 

 of the elytra. 



Length 13 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Umtali). A. Bodong. 



STEONGYLIUM C.ELATUM, n. sp. 



Bronze-green, with the elytra purple, body moderately shining ; 

 antennae longer than the head and prothorax taken together, 

 penultimate joints sub-triangular, not serrate inwardly ; eyes 

 widely removed, surface of head very roughly shagreened ; pro- 

 thorax plainly rounded laterally, one-third broader than long, sharply 

 .carinate laterally, and roughly and equally shagreened ; scutellum 

 triangular, punctate ; elytra sub-cylindrical, but slightly sinuate 

 laterally towards the median part, and covered with a network 

 of deep, much elongated foveae reaching from base to apex, but with 

 the foveae shorter there than on the dorsal part, the thick, tectiform 

 walls of the foveae are deeply punctulate. 



Allied to S. bokcmani, Miikl., and S. l&tiim, but differs from both 

 in the prothorax, being sharply carinate laterally ; the foveae of the 

 elytra are much more elongated than in S. hetwm, and are not 

 disposed in three superposed series as in .S'. bohemani. It differs 

 .also from S. natalense, which has a carinate prothorax, in the 



